Question 81 of 433
What is pharmacogenomic testing?
The short answer
A test of how your genes affect your response to certain drugs. SOMETIMES, and most useful when you are about to start one of those drugs.
In a European trial, testing twelve genes before prescribing reduced serious side effects by about 30 percent. For a cardiologist the most relevant examples are clopidogrel, which does not work well in people with a particular gene variant, and statins, where one gene raises the chance of muscle aches. The test is done once and lasts a lifetime.
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HUMAN TRIAL — Selected drug–gene pairs: genotype-guided prescribing reduced clinically relevant adverse reactions.Evidence grade (draft mapping)Grade pendingPart 5, Q81 · Part sources
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